SouthernSmoggie

Thought about it for a while and I still don't have a clear favourite. Convincing arguments have been made for and against all three.

Hmm. Feel basically the same as if Carrick stayed. Just meh.

I don't think he's being rude. But the point stands that he's not exactly pulling up trees here - I doubt many fans of other Championship clubs know who he is. I guess a Premier League club may buy him based on potential, but there are probably plenty of young defenders out there with potential.

If Rav wants a Premier League move, he'll need to stay fit and string some good performances together. Not sure he'll be turning anyone's head based on the last two seasons here as a part time player in an abysmal defence.

8 at the start, dropping to a 7. He was on a hiding to nothing in that team though. Exposed all the time with no help from anyone in front of him, and has to try cover the endless issue that's our left back position. Not helped by there being no suitable bench options for him either. Could excel in a better organised side.

I'd be fascinated to listen into a football manager's interview. Wonder how similar or different it is to your standard corporate interview.

It's alright on paper until you consider the rare availability of players like McGree, Forss, Fry, and even VDB. Who knows what Lenihan and Bangura come back like. Then there's the existing gaps (GK, RB, LB, CM, RW, CF). Plus high chance we sell our best player (and arguably our last remaining cash cow). Recruitment have a herculean task turning this current squad into promotion challengers, in my opinion. Huge ask for the budget available.

Really says a lot about Carrick's tenure that people are now using him as an insult. "You're Carrick!" "No, YOU'RE Carrick!

The squad is a shambles. We need a blinder of a window, otherwise any new manager is on a hiding to nothing.

It's still one of the most attractive jobs outside the Premier League. We have a chairman who gives managers time and money to spend (within reason). Carrick was the longest serving manager in the league, and we've been one of the top spenders outside of the parachute clubs. The academy is decent (usually). We're not in dire financial trouble, we don't have protesting fans or an abysmal squad. The ambition is there, even if the execution is often lacking.

Edwards feels like a very lazy appointment. Let's just get the guy we nearly got a couple of years back. Who cares about the double relegation... Not inspiring at all and we don't have the players for him. Would rather just keep Carrick tbh, at least we can have zero expectations of promotion and can enjoy the banter of losing 3 goal leads.

That's exactly what I want too. Something like the below... With bold for new signings and italics for might leave/constantly injured. Highlights the colossal job we need to do in the window. New GK New RB - VDB - Fry - New LB Hackney Morris McGree Conway - New CF - Azaz

To be fair, it would be Boro all over to hire a manager who prefers wingbacks and then go into the season with just Ayling and Bangura.

The problems definitely don't stop with Carrick. Being objective, this isn't a squad you'd be shocked to see finish 10th again (as it stands). Quality players have been sold and not replaced, and it's caught up with us. We're lacking in winning experience and mental strength, and we pick up constant injuries. The manager is important but we've somehow ended up needing an even bigger 'rebuild' than the last two summers.

13 goals isn't a bad return at all considering he was second choice for a lot of it and the team was utter crap second half of the season. He's got plenty of potential and only young. I was surprised to learn he's the same age as Coburn. As others have said though, not sure he's the man to lead a Carrick-style 4-2-3-1. I reckon he'd be great on the right of a 4-3-3.